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U-995
Preserved
today as a memorial on the beach at Laboe outside Kiel. During the war she
operated entirely in Arctic waters against Allied and Russian forces, sinking
two merchantmen and several light craft.
Type: VII C/41
Built: Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Keel laid: 25 November 1942
Launched: 22 July 1943
Commissioned: 16 September 1943
Commanders:
KL Walter Köhntopp, September 1943-October 1944
OL Hans-Georg Hess, October 1944-May 1945
Fate: Surrendered at Trondheim 9 May 1945. Later given to Norway and
commissioned into the Norwegian Navy as the Kaura, December 1952. In
1965 offered for return by Norway to the Federal Republic of Germany, where she
was placed before the German Navy Memorial at Laboe and opened to the public in
March 1972. (For more on U-995, see Resources.)
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